The Ballad There was a Wild Colonial Boy, Jack Doolan was his name, Of poor but honest parents he was born in Castlemaine, He was his father’s only hope, his mother’s pride and joy, And dearly did his parents love the Wild Colonial Boy. At the early age of 16 years, he left his father’s […]
The people of the Goldfields
The Goldfields of Western Australia was and still is made up of many people, from poets to politicians, from saints and sinners and everything in between. I hope to tell you the stories of some of these people either famous or infamous or just the ordinary folks. Sometime the most ordinary people do the most extraordinry things
The Teenage Bride and the Ageing Pastoralist
We often think that family law matters didn’t go to court in the early days, but this unusual story shows that matters could still be most complicated and acrimonious: Leonora Miner, 6 August 1927, page 3 Wife of 39 years, Sues Husband of 82 years. A woman of 39 years, sad-eyed and patient, and a […]
Thousands of Miles Behind the Reins — The Story of Frederick Crews
Sunday Times, 23 August 1936, page 20 Drove Coach For Cobb & Co Thousands of Miles Through the Outback by Coach F. A. CREWS LOOKS BACK ON PIONEERING DAYS – A link with coaching days of sixty years ago is provided by Mr Frederick Albert Crews, of Outram Street, West Perth, who has crowded varied […]
Blood Red Days of the Golden West
The Truth – Qld -10 January 1926, page 12 Like every other gold rush in history, the outbreak of yellow-gold fever in Western Australia attracted many of the best, and a number of the worst, humans from far and wide. But it was not until the terrible hardships of the pioneers were known to have […]
One Letter in the Mailbag – Dunnsville’s First Postmistress
Western Mail – Perth – 25 January 1908, page 27 EARLY GOLDFIELD DAYS Mrs Arthur Dusantoy was the first woman in Dunnsville, and kept the first Post Office at that place, a rude structure, but typical of the buildings of the early goldfields days of Western Australia. Mrs Dusantoy’s experiences may be best told in […]
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